Hi Lori, Hmmm... That can become a tricky one.
I know on most barcode readers you can set them up so if there is a space in the barcode as your suggesting, that it will drop the space when it scans the barcode, so it will read it as P123, etc. for Koha. I use an Opticon OPR-2001, Cino FuzzyScan F460/F680, and DataLogic scanners and they all have this option that can be set. I¹m not sure without looking, but you might also be able to tweak the settings in Koha to configure it to understand these types of barcodes... But I would suggest changing the scanner settings is the best way to get around this problem. Best Wishes, Joel From: Lori Bowen Ayre <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 14:11:17 -0700 To: Joel Harbottle <[email protected]> Cc: Koha List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Koha] Barcodes with leading zeros and spaces Joel, I think the problem for this library is that they have a prefix (e.g. p or sometimes P) and then a space and THEN leading zeros. So, they want "p 000123" to be interpreted as "P123" That seems like too much to ask! Lori On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Joel Harbottle <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Lori, > > We use uppercase letters in our barcodes, for example A70022330679B, and > have never had a problem with Koha and these type of Barcodes. > > Our patrons records, in their barcode having the leading zeros, for example > 008910067. We have also never had a problem with Koha and these Barcodes. > > From my experience, they are both perfectly good to use with Koha. > > Kindest Regards, > Joel > >> > From: Lori Bowen Ayre <[email protected]> >> > Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 13:38:41 -0700 >> > To: Koha List <[email protected]> >> > Subject: [Koha] Barcodes with leading zeros and spaces >> > >> > Does anyone have any barcodes that use leading zeros and upper and lower >> > case letters? I am working with a library who has barcodes that look like >> > "p 000123" which they need to have interpreted as "P123". >> > >> > Any thoughts about how Koha would handle that? >> > >> > Lori >> > >> > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >> > Lori Bowen Ayre // >> > Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group >> > Oversight Board & Communications Committee / Evergreen >> > (707) 763-6869 <tel:%28707%29%20763-6869> // [email protected] >> > Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre >> > >> > <[email protected]>Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, >> > filtering, >> > workflow optimization, and materials handling >> > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >> > > > _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
